Today was yuck. Woke up late, forgot to pack food, was very hungry/cranky at work and my performance was not good. Came home, immediately ate a salad, boca burger w/salsa (instead of mayo... which is a babystep.)

Glass of milk, 15 cashews, fudgsicle, 5 sf candies.

Very tired, kinda depressed, haven't lost anything in three days. But I didn't eat anything of the tacos/brownies/fruit/juices/cakes at work. And that's progress.

Hey Peppermint - I know how ya feel! I was tired and kind of depressed much of last week. I increased my serving sizes a little, because I wasn't really eating that much because I wasn't hungry, and now I feel a lot better. I don't know if it was from increasing the serving sizes or just from progressing farther, but I was about to give up and I am glad I didn't. Keep going - you are doing great!

Breakfast
Mock Frenchtoast

hey all!!

down 6 lbs, whoo hooo. I just bought a pair of jeans at Old Navy 1 size down. They're a bit snug but still very close.

breakfast 1 egg 1 turkey sausage v8 soffee
snack 15 mixed nuts cheese stick
lunch gi-normous bowl of the broccoli-cheese soup in the recipe section
snack not sure yet
dinner chicken divan

How's everyone?? check in so we can get our little thread moving.

Hey peeps! Checking in on a blah Monday. Did well over the weekend, even though I was bombarded by pizza, bufflao wings, taquitos, and choclate cake at birthday party. I indulged in a caffiene free diet pepsi and had a string cheese from my purse. HA.

Hey - anyone know if you can eat a veggie burger patty on phase 1? I think I may have screwed up.

pappermint tea - Hope thing get a little better for you. If you could see me, I'm doing a blah remover dance for you. (My co-workers can see it - they said they're feeling quite close to blah-free now, thanks to me.)

Sfgiant... Yep, veggie burger should be fine.. check the ingredients against those listed in the phase 1 food list...

wtg girls!!

peppermint-drink water, water, water and you should lose. I hate it when I forget food. I did that today too.

wow SF-nice dodging all those yummy foods

Thanks everyone for your support. Just a little frustrated right now, but my willpower is improving. I'd never be able to go to "trigger" places (Cafe Greco today...) and not fail before.

Jo - what kind of veggie burger was it? Will you teach me the blah dance?

batmomma - I will make water my new goal. Very bad at that.

I'm ready to be skinny now, please.

Well, I had a great weigh in, as I lost 7 pounds my first week!! Unfortunately the rest of the day didn't quite go as planned. I ate okay, but definitely not enough food as I only ate once today. It was just one of those days you hope come to an end without too much damage being done...the ones where you wish you would have just stayed in bed! But my biggest thing was that I was able to keep myself from turning to food to ease the stress of the day...instead, I went to Barnes and Noble and spent a bunch of money on books. I am going to have to start making much more money to keep up this habit...

Anyway, tomorrow is a fresh start.

I hope everyone has a great day tomorrow!

peppermint-I certainly don't practice what I preach as I drank maybe 1 c of water yesterday. who has time iwth all the coffee and diet pepsi to drink, lol.

Let's make a water challenge for each other and we can post to keep us honest. How aout starting today we need to drink 6-8 glasses or ???

Good Morning everyone! How are yall feeling after a little more than a week on the beach? I am feeling pretty darn good. I am definitly over the "South Beach Flu" I had last week and ready to do this one more week. I didn't get much water in over the weekend either - I drank too much coffee and diet sodas too. My goal for today is to drink a ton of water!

Breakfast
South Beach Breakfast Cheesecake
Lunch
Veggie Burger with cheese
Small salad
Snack
FF yogurt

I'll go with that challenge! I definitely need to up my water intake. I am not drinking that much at all!

No really, SF GIANT... There are purists who say straight water...there are those that say most forms of liquid "count" towards "water" intake. For South beach Dr A mentions water intake (As 2 or 3 Quarts) and that water is the most preferred liquid, but if what you are drinking is not sugar laden or beer, other liquors, or fruit juice, it should be okay...like everything else in moderation. The only other caveat here is that it is sweetened with aspartame and falls into that "not over 75 cals a day" of SF products ...That being said, I doubt yer gonna drink THat much of it...
Some things that help getting some pure water in for me are
1) Drink it thru a straw
2) drink it really cold!
3) Stand in front of the sink and dont move till I chug a good 24 oz Sports bottle worth!

Holy Cow! I'd float away! I keep trying. I'm trying to increase my water by several ounces a day - And I just keep plugging along!

Good fer you! Baby Steps Dear!!! You'll get there! In the meantime if Crystal Lite helps ya .. go for it! I love the lemonade myself

well I've got down about 2 cups of actually water so far, guess I'll be swimming in it tonight

other than the water I did well today

omelette with LF pepper jack cheese (oops looks like a piece of pepperoni snuck it's way in, lol); v8

after the gym-string cheese, 5 nuts from my car stash

leftover broccoli and cheese soup, ham slice, steak strips

turkey kielbasa, asparagus with LC aflredo sauce, milk